Tyler Pinder to spend post grad season with Miami Prep Tornadoes
TYLER Pinder reclassified to the class of 2022 and will spend his post grad season with a new programme, the Miami Prep Tornadoes.
Murray’s ‘late game heroics snaps Owls’ losing streak
BYRON Murray’s late game heroics snapped his Florida Atlantic Owls’ recent losing streak and simultaneously placed him atop the Conference USA leaderboard in home runs.
David Nesbitt and basketball club finish 3rd in FIBAs Champions League Americas Final
DAVID Nesbitt and his Minas Belo Horizonte club finished third in FIBAs Basketball Champions League Americas Final.
ALICIA WALLACE: Our Caribbean cousins need help and we should not be slow to provide it
On Friday, April 9 there was an explosive eruption of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ La Soufrière volcano for the first time since 1979. It sent plumes of ash 3.7 miles into the air. This came one day after the country’s Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves issued a Stage 3 disaster alert which was followed by an evacuation order to communities in the red zone. Early estimates indicated that 16,000 people—15 percent of the population—would be displaced as a direct result of this disaster.
Disaster Reconstruction Authority working ‘aggressively’ to help Dorian-hit homeowners
DISASTER Reconstruction Authority officials say they are working “aggressively” to assist homeowners in Abaco and Grand Bahama who have not yet received help from the agency to continue their post-Dorian home repairs.
Cooper says the govt’s proposed housing policy ‘unfair, elitist and discriminatory’
EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper says while the Progressive Liberal Party supports homeownership for young professionals, he thinks the Minnis administration’s policy in this area is “unfair, elitist" and “discriminatory".
‘No extra COVID-19 controls’
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells says he does not “foresee” any additional COVID restrictions being implemented despite a sustained uptick in new infections over the past several weeks.
Hilton sale targeted by Sarkis legal aid request
The British Colonial Hilton’s sale is among the multiple targets of a US court’s request for Bahamian judicial assistance relating to Sarkis Izmirlian’s $2.25bn legal battle with Baha Mar’s main contractor.
Further ‘3-5 years minimum’ for Abaco’s Dorian recovery
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday predicted the island’s post-Dorian reconstruction will take a further “three to five years minimum” after COVID-19’s “horrendous impact” on the recovery.
Seize ‘bull by horns’ to beat corporate tax push
The Bahamas must seize “the bull by the horns” and implement progressive tax reforms to place it ahead of the drive for a global minimum corporate tax rate, a top banker urged yesterday.
Workplace boost by curing Tribunal’s ‘greatest weakness’
The National Tripartite Council’s chairman yesterday argued that curing the Industrial Tribunal’s “greatest weaknesses” will help ease workplace tensions throughout The Bahamas.
Royal Caribbean targets July 2021 for PI club’s start
Royal Caribbean is aiming to start construction on its Paradise Island “beach break” destination by July 2021 so it can receive guests by January 2023 to catch the expected post-COVID tourism revival.
Vaccine roll out to pause on New Providence
COVID vaccinations on New Providence will come to a halt on Friday evening to allow officials time to reassess the rollout.
Where do they go after demolitions?
ACTIVIST Louby Georges has said available housing in Abaco will be the biggest challenge for residents of The Farm shanty town with a government mandated eviction and demolition looming.
Lost in Dorian
TWO witnesses testified in the Coroner’s Court yesterday about their frantic efforts to find loved ones who went missing during Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
‘YOU CAN’T CALL THIS ETHNIC CLEANSING’: Govt lawyer hits back at attack on ‘humane’ shanty town actions
THE government’s plan to demolish shanty towns in the country is not driven by ethnic cleansing and will be executed in a “humane manner”, according to the attorney representing the Crown in a judicial review centred on the demolition of the unregulated communities.
Body fished from waters off Bay Street dock
POLICE fished a partially decomposed body from waters off the former Pioneers Shipping Dock located on Bay Street yesterday.
Wynn targets April 2022 opening on $80m sales
The Wynn Group yesterday said it is targeting an April 2022 “soft opening” for its Goodman’s Bay condo hotel after generating $80m in residential unit sales.
Retailers: COVID vaccine not mandatory for workers
Bahamian retailers yesterday said they will not make it mandatory for employees to become vaccinated against COVID-19 as some voiced scepticism over the merits of becoming inoculated.
